Jan 23, 2013

I'm away in Orlando visiting Micky Mouse, so I asked my friend Amie Valpone, HHC, AADP, the Editor-in-Chief of www.TheHealthyApple.com;
she is a Manhattan based Personal Chef, Culinary Nutritionist,
Professional Recipe Developer, Food Photographer and Writer specializing
in simple gluten-free ‘Clean’ recipes for the home cook. Amie recently
healed herself from six years of chronic pain, exhausting every doctor
in the country and Mayo Clinic; she shares her story of how Clean Eating
saved her life and inspires you to Clean up your food, too. Amie lives
in Manhattan, NYC where she cooks for a variety of clients including
celebrities and people with busy lifestyles who enjoy healthy, fresh
food.

Here's the easiest chicken salad recipe that will impress even the pickiest of eaters. In this recipe, cinnamon and pistachios are used to healthfully brighten up the dish, while adding fragrance and flavor. Serve this chicken salad as an afternoon snack with whole grain crackers or sliced vegetables; or for lunch atop a bed of mixed greens and whole grain bread. I've used Greek plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise to cut the fat and a bit more protein and flavor to each bite!

Can't wait to try this! @terry you can probably look it up by searching her name. I'd say uts honenade mayo in the original... I did the clean eating and hated the homemade mayo. You should try yogurt in recipes you can't taste it. And the protein is amazing.

Can't wait to try this! @terry you can probably look it up by searching her name. I'd say uts honenade mayo in the original... I did the clean eating and hated the homemade mayo. You should try yogurt in recipes you can't taste it. And the protein is amazing.

You must of heard my plea!! I have had chicken in my fridge all week and wanted to make chicken salad but just couldn't do it. Since I have taken Mayo out of my diet. Now I have a solution! Can't wait to get home to try this. Thank you!

Quick question - it says it serves 6, so would that be a cup, 1/2 cup? I'm just trying to figure out what the portion size would be without having to divide out the bowl into 6 separate Tupperware dishes.

I haven't made this yet but my guess, looking at the ingredients, is that 1/6 would be about 1/2 cup. 2 cups of chicken plus 1 1/2 cups yogurt would probably add up to about 3 measured cups. Again, just a guess.

I haven't made this yet but my guess, looking at the ingredients, is that 1/6 would be about 1/2 cup. 2 cups of chicken plus 1 1/2 cups yogurt would probably add up to about 3 measured cups. Again, just a guess.

Gina i just wanted to say thankyou for your constant, and AMAZING, posts. I first started using your blog in 2011 when I moved in with my boyfriend, now fiance... unfortunately, soon after, we became lazy with our eating habits and both gained a considerable about of weight. With the wedding soon approaching, we have decided to take control of our lives and strive to look the best we can look for the big day and beyond. Every meal I have made has been using your recipes, regardless of the fact that neither of us are officially on weight watchers. In fact, my mango bread is in the oven right now and it smells delectable. He has lost nearly 30 lbs so far, and I a strong 16 (guys have the easiest time with weight loss, dont you say?) Anyway... I just love the ease of the website (the search bar is especially my best friend) and the photos put everything into perspective. Thank you for making cooking fun and for having my fiance always second guessing if the meals are actually healthy... more times than not he looks at me with big eyes as if he is surprised he can eat REAL food and still feel good and lose weight. So from both of us, THANKS and YOU ROCK!

This is SO good! The greek yogurt tastes great with it! I also added craisins to mine and it's absolutely delicious! I weighed mine out to portion it, and 1 serving ended up being a little less than 1/2 a cup.

I found this to be a very strange flavor combination. The cinnamon was SO overpowering... and the whole dish was a strange dingy brown color because of it... LOVE EVERY RECIPE OF YOURS, GINA! This one, though... the first letdown I've ever ever had!

This was awesome. All the flavors blend so well. For those who say there was too much cinnamon and the salad was brown color, are you sure you only mixed in 1 tsp of cinnamon and not 1 tbsp? I am not a big fan of cinnamon - I find it to be very strong and I don't like it that much - but 1 tsp of cinnamon in this salad is perfect. My salad has brown flecks but isn't dingy brown.

This was really good! I ate it for lunch yesterday and today. I put it inside a pita pocket with sharp cheddar and brocco sprouts - delicious!

I discovered your blog about two weeks ago, and wanted to let you know how much I've been enjoying it (though I know this is a guest post). I've already made 4 or 5 recipes - in fact made the cuban style black beans twice! I'm not following WW but appreciate that coming to your site I automatically know that everything is healthy!

Just made for a different lower cal lunch. Flavors mesh well, and I ate with a fresh apple on the side. But for my taste, it's too creamy. I will use 1/2 the yogurt called for next time, adding add'l only as I taste. As is I give it a B+!

I really liked this chicken salad! I think next time I would cut the cinnamon in half(although I liked the cinnamon flavor in it) and I might use half a cup of low fat mayo and only one cup Greek yogurt. Regardless, we all really enjoyed it! Thanks.

I am eating this as we speak hehe.. expect I tweaked it a bit.. I don't have pistachios in the house, but I do have Almond Slivers so I chopped those up and I did half Light Mayo half Chobani Plain Yogurt.. and I used canned Chicken in water (drained).. added in the sea salt, pepper, cinnamon, and basil and it was delish!! (i don't have celery, scallions, or lime)

I have been eyeing this recipe for quite some time now and am so glad I tried it out

I've been trying your recipes for over 2 years and have loved each and every one. However, this post is so special to me that you talked about your friend and clean eating.

I'm a cronic pain sufferer since 2007 and I too have exhausted every doctor and specialist. Even our pain clinic sends me away saying there is nothing they can do for me. I so want my life back and reading about your friend Aime, I know have hope again.

I just signed up for the clean eating newsletters and am so anxious to try your cleann eating recipes and cannot thank you enough for this site and all you do.

Saying thank you doesn't seem like much, but to me, this is everything. Honey, YOU change lives!!!

This is DELICIOUS!! I made it per the recipe for the most part. I did half lite mayo and half low fat sour cream, as that was what I had in the house. I also used dried basil and dehydrated onion, also what I had in the house. So good....REALLY looking forward to putting this over some romaine for lunch tomorrow!

I am really curious about this recipe especially with the unique blend of ingredients. I am sure that other readers as well as restaurant Fort Lauderdale owners will also appreciate this. However, I am not really a fan of celery, so can I just slash that out from the ingredients. Or, what would be a good alternative? Thank you.

I just made this, and it s super delish!!! I used Japanese Mayo as I hate Greek yoghurt, and didn't use scallions as I hate that too- just used more celery. Hehe, you can tell I'm a very fussy eater but thank you for this recipe, it was amazing!! My hubby is on a Dukan diet so this works for him. :)